Expedition to Europe

Since it was a dilemma, Qin Zhiyuan stopped wasting his brain cells and handed the matter over to Lu Zhengxiang.

Lu Zhengxiang was the prime minister of Lan Fang and was in the first position among the officials of Lan Fang. Naturally, he was qualified to handle this matter.

The signing of the "Boundary Survey Treaty" marked the resolution of the sovereignty issue between Lan Fang and the coalition government, which was considered to have solved a hidden danger for Lan Fang. Regardless of whether Lan Fang participated in the war against the Bolsheviks, Qin Zhiyuan was in a good mood.

In mid-May, the patent Qin Zhiyuan took finally arrived in Paris.

At the Paris train station, Qin Zhiyuan and his party were once again warmly welcomed by the Paris government.

It goes without saying how good the relationship between Lan Fang and France is. It can be seen from the scene of welcoming Qin Zhiyuan. Not only did French President Paul Eugene Louis Deschanel and Prime Minister Alexandre Millerand both attend, but many faces Qin Zhiyuan was familiar with also appeared at the train station.

Qin Zhiyuan's brother-in-law Pierre, Bastien's brother, the current French Army Logistics Minister Bruno Garcia, former president and current member of parliament Raymond Poincaré, and even Foch's former chief of staff Maxime Weygand, etc. were all present.

When old friends meet, they are naturally affectionate, so the dinner that day was very pleasant, and Qin Zhiyuan returned drunk again.

When he woke up in the morning, Qin Zhiyuan was already in the Black Swan Castle.

At present, the entire Boulogne Forest belongs to Qin Zhiyuan, including the Black Swan Castle. Qin Zhiyuan bought all of it as the base of the Lanfang Foreign Legion in France.

When Qin Zhiyuan came to Paris, he naturally dominated the Black Swan Castle.

Just like two years ago, the familiar white ceiling was still in sight, the windows were open, and the crisp and pleasant sound of birds came in from the window, and the tip of the nose was lingering with the fresh and slightly cool air unique to the forest.

Qin Zhiyuan felt a little dizzy, and he staggered out of bed.

"Wake up, wait a minute, drink some water to sober up." Misha was sitting on a rocking chair by the window. When she saw Qin Zhiyuan getting up, she immediately brought him some cold water.

"Thank you, I'm really thirsty." Qin Zhiyuan took it and drank it all, not forgetting to thank him.

"Pierre is here, Lily is with him in the study." Misha still didn't forget her duties as a "secretary."

"Lily? Why not Ferdinand?" Qin Zhiyuan said as he turned to wash up.

"You haven't woken up yet. You were all the same yesterday, drunk." Misha subconsciously supported Qin Zhiyuan.

"Puff - yesterday was really crazy." Qin Zhiyuan blamed himself.

Yesterday's banquet was held at the Elysee Palace, the presidential residence. Qin Zhiyuan was able to remain calm in the first half, but with the arrival of a group of old friends from the military, the situation gradually got out of control.

"You should still drink less and take care of your health." Misha's words were full of helpless heartache.

"Thank you--" Qin Zhiyuan patted Misha's hand on his arm, and there was still sweet gratitude in his heart.

Half an hour later, Qin Zhiyuan, who had finished washing, appeared in front of Pierre.

With the relationship between Qin Zhiyuan and Pierre, the two did not need too much greetings and quickly got to the point.

"Corsica now has six seats for parliamentarians. If you add my seat, we have a total of 25 seats in the parliament. Although this is not the largest force in the parliament, it is enough to be ignored. Twenty-five seats have reached the legal standard and can form a parliamentary party." Pierre was quite satisfied with his career.

"It's only been one year, and you got 25 seats, which is very good." Qin Zhiyuan praised sincerely.

The French National Assembly has a total of about 550 seats. Although 25 seats can establish a political party, it still needs to work hard to become the largest party.

But this is really good for Pierre, a newcomer in the political arena.

"Your contribution is here, and the share you occupy is quite large." Pierre did not forget what Qin Zhiyuan left for him when he returned to Lanfang.

When Qin Zhiyuan returned to Lanfang, he left Pierre a part of the shares of "LLL" company, as well as the help of Corsican parliamentarians. Both of these things are very useful. The dividends of "LLL" company can ensure that Pierre has no financial problems, so that Pierre has sufficient financial resources to form alliances, and at the same time, it can ensure that Pierre will not make mistakes in finance. As for the help of Corsican parliamentarians, it is even more important. When Pierre was unable to make his own voice in the parliament, the Corsican parliamentarians acted as Pierre's spokesperson in the parliament.

"It's mainly your efforts. If you are not suitable for this, no matter how much I give you, it will not help." Qin Zhiyuan did not take credit and took the initiative to raise his glass.

When he was in the Foreign Legion, Pierre did not show extraordinary military talent. This is normal. No one stipulates that the son of a marshal must be a marshal, so Qin Zhiyuan supports Pierre's development in the political arena.

Even Qin Zhiyuan did not expect that Pierre would give Qin Zhiyuan such a big surprise in just over a year.

If Lan Fang wants to maintain good relations with France, the best way is to cultivate a pro-Lan Fang political force in the French government. Qin Zhiyuan originally wanted to invest in Raymond Poincaré, so he gave Raymond Poincaré a part of the shares of United Oil, but now it seems that Pierre is more suitable for this role than Raymond Poincaré, so Qin Zhiyuan is now considering increasing his investment in Pierre.

"Tell me, what do you need now?" Qin Zhiyuan was generous and let Pierre make the conditions.

"Political achievements, I need political achievements. Maybe you don't care much. I am the mayor of Amiens now, and I have to be responsible for Amiens. You shouldn't forget it, right?" Pierre was not embarrassed when he talked about his political achievements.

There is nothing to be embarrassed about asking for support. It is better to say it openly than to be shy. If Qin Zhiyuan provides Pierre with enough support, but Pierre still has no achievements, then Pierre should feel embarrassed.

"Of course not, Amiens is my first stop in Europe. Strictly speaking, it was from Amiens that I really joined the war. I will not forget Amiens." Qin Zhiyuan does have feelings for Amiens.

"It's good that you haven't forgotten it. The situation in Amiens is not very good now. Amiens' original pillar industry is wine, and the wine produced is exported to the United States in large quantities. As you know, the United States now has a prohibition, so the original sales are basically completely cut off. The situation in Amiens is not good. Do you have any good ideas?" When it comes to the economy, Pierre still asks Qin Zhiyuan for help.

"Grapes can be made not only into wine, but also into raisins or something else?" Qin Zhiyuan really didn't know much about grape plantations.

The original text can be read in Liu # 9 @Book/Bar!

"No matter what you make, it takes time to find a market. The problem now is that there is no professional sales team, or because of the general economic downturn, it is not easy to find a market." Pierre was really worried.

The current situation in Europe is indeed that the landlords have no surplus food.

Under normal circumstances, France's finances should still be able to survive because of the reparations from Germany, but Germany was exhausted in the world war and was really unable to pay the reparations, so France did not get what it deserved, or what it got was far from enough to compensate for the losses suffered in the war.

In addition, there are a large number of retired veterans, unemployed people due to business closures or layoffs, and even homeless vagrants. These are all social problems that need to be solved urgently.

If there is no external help, the Amiens region will rely solely on its own recovery. It is estimated that this process will take many years. Pierre obviously does not want to waste too much time in the position of mayor of Amiens.

"If necessary, I can invest in Amiens, whether it is infrastructure or direct investment in industry. The key is to see what you need." Qin Zhiyuan promised. Whether it is out of his feelings for Amiens or the personal relationship between Qin Zhiyuan and Pierre, Qin Zhiyuan will not stand idly by.

"That's great. I have a list here. You can see what you want to do." Pierre was indeed prepared and immediately took out a document from his briefcase.

"I feel like I've been cheated." Although Qin Zhiyuan said that he was unhappy, he still took the document.

The document contained more than a dozen projects that the Amiens City Government had approved, including hydropower stations, railway and highway construction, two factories that no one took over, and several vineyards that were seriously losing money.

Qin Zhiyuan made a simple estimate and estimated that the initial investment was about 10 million francs, so he didn't hesitate: "Okay, put this here first, I will let my financial staff review it. If there is no problem, I can take over all of this."

Ten million francs sounds like a lot, but in fact, it is not a big deal for Qin Zhiyuan now. Qin Zhiyuan has a large number of high-quality industries. The profit of United Petroleum alone is millions of dollars a day, so it is not difficult to come up with 10 million francs.

"Haha, that's great, I knew that as long as I found you, I would be able to solve the problem." Pierre seemed to have finally put down the big stone in his heart and laughed happily.

"No problem, your business is my business." At this time, Qin Zhiyuan must speak openly.

"Well, after talking about this issue, let's talk about Lily's problem now." After Pierre laughed, his voice suddenly turned cold.

"What?" Qin Zhiyuan was a little confused. As soon as he said it, he was hit hard in the face.

"You bastard, not only did you cheat on Lily, but you also brought her home. Do you think there is no one left in the Foch family?" Pierre cursed and punched Qin Zhiyuan in the face with a combination of punches.

"Pierre, listen to my explanation!" Qin Zhiyuan was really a little guilty in the face of his furious brother-in-law.

"Don't explain, just let me beat you up! Not only did you provoke Lily, you even dared to provoke Misha. I'm going to beat you to death today!" Pierre let slip in anger, revealing his true purpose.

Pierre was also one of Misha's suitors.